Tiffany McQueen

Tiffany McQueen, winter swimming in Lake Memphremagog in Vermont

Tiffany McQueen is a 45-year-old American pool and open water swimmer and an Army veterinarian from Belton, Texas. Her nickname is the Swim Gypsy.

Open Water Swimming Career

• She completed all 8 swims during the 2015 Swim The Kingdom Week in Vermont, along with Shannon House Keeghan and Victor Yannessa. The lake swims included Crystal, Island Pond, Echo, Seymour, Massawippi, Memphremagog, Willoughby, and Caspian with a total distance of 45 miles.
• She participated in Stage 2 in Canyon Lake in 2016 SCAR Challenge in Arizona
• She completed the Swim the Kingdom Week where she completed 8 swims over 9 days totaling 45+ miles
• She will compete in the 2017 Memphremagog Winter Swim Festival.
• She finished second in her age group at the 2016 Southern Pacific Masters Open Water Series.
• She was the November 2016 Southern Pacific Masters Swimming Swimmer of the Month for her completed 21 open water swims (including 14 marathon swims) in 2016
• She competed in the 22.k km Apolima Strait Swim (previously called the Upolu-Savai'i Swim on 11 April 2017 in Samoa
• She competed in the 2017 S.C.A.R. Swim Challenge in Arizona: Saguaro Lake, 35th overall in 5 hours 27 minutes + Canyon Lake, 36th overall in 5 hours 50 minutes + Roosevelt Lake, 31st overall in 4 hours 33 minutes
• On 5 August 2017, she competed in the 8-mile Boston Light Swim in Massachusetts.
• On 14 August 2017, she completed the 5th Annual 9-mile (14.4 km) marathon swim on Lac Massawippi in 5 hours 52 minutes 21 seconds.
• Between 25-28 April 2018, she completed all four stage swims of the SCAR Swim Challenge in Arizona (9.5-mile or 15.2 km Saguaro Lake + 9-mile or 14.4 km Canyon Lake + 17-mile or 27.3 km Apache Lake + 6.2-mile or 10 km Roosevelt Lake), finishing 33th overall at the age of 45 in a cumulative time of 25 hours 42 minutes 43.4 seconds.
• She finished 18th in the 57.9 km END-WET event down the Red River from Grand Forks, North Dakota to Oslo, Minnesota in the United States on 16 June 2018 in 14 hours 54 minutes.
• On 28 July 2018, she competed in the 25 km Border Buster in Lake Memphremagog, Vermont at the age of 45.

2016 Season

McQueen completed 29 open water swims during 2016:

1. 29-30 January: 24 Hour Swim Relay in San Francisco
2. 3 April: 7-mile Swim Around Lido Key in 5 hours 33 minutes
3. 27 April: 9.5-mile S.C.A.R. Saguaro Lake in 5 hours 10 minutes
4. 28 April: 9-mile S.C.A.R. Canyon Lake 5 hours 35 minutes
5. 29 April: 8.1-mile S.C.A.R. Apache Lake (DNF) 5 hours 45 minutes
6. 30 April: 3.8-mile S.C.A.R. Roosevelt Lake (DNF) 1 hour 59 minutes
7. 22 May: 2 x 1-mile H2Open SoCal Cup 2 x 31 minutes
8. 22 May: 500m H2Open SoCal Cup 9 minutes 43 seconds
9. Wharf-2-Wharf-2-Wharf fun swim
10. 28 May: 6.2-mile Capitola to Santa Cruz 4 hours 15 minutes
11. 29 May: 6.2-mile Santa Cruz to Capitola 4 hours 5 minutes
12. 2 July: 3-mile and 1-mile Seal Beach Rough Water Swims 2 hours 25 minutes
13. 9 July: 11-mile Portland Bridge Swim 6 hours 18 minutes
14. 6 August: 11-mile Great Moose Migration Swim 7 hours 47 minutes
15. 13 August: Swim the Kingdom Week 5-mile Crystal Lake 2 hours 56 minutes
16. 14 August: Swim the Kingdom Week 4-mile Island Pond 2 hours 36 minutes
17. 15 August: Swim the Kingdom Week 7.5-mile Echo Lake 4 hours 55 minutes
18. 16 August: Swim the Kingdom Week 6.27-mile Lake Seymour 4 hours 27 minutes
19. 17 August: Swim the Kingdom Week 9.5-mile Lake Massawippi 6 hours 12 minutes
20. 18 August: Swim the Kingdom Week 6.2-mile Lake Memphremagog 4 hours 33 minutes
21. 20 August: Swim the Kingdom Week 5.19-mile Lake Willoughby 2 hours 51 minutes
22. 21 August: Swim the Kingdom Week 3.1-mile Caspian Lake 2 hours 4 minutes
23. 28 August: 6.2-mile Santa Cruz Pier-to-Pier 4 hours 13 minutes
24. 25 September: La Jolla Cove 10 Mile Relay (solo) 6 hours 18 minutes
25. 9 October: 10-mile Swim The Suck 5 hours 46 minutes
26. 30 October: 1.25-mile Escape from Alcatraz (California Swim Tour) not timed
27. 31 October: 1.3-mile Golden Gate Bridge Swim (California Swim Tour) 47 minutes 39 seconds
28. 3 November: 12.5-mile Anacapa – Oxnard crossing 10 hours 9 minutes
29. 7 December: 11.9-mile Swim Around Coronado Island 7 hours 30 minutes

2017 World's 50 Most Adventurous Open Water Women

McQueen was named to the 2017 World's 50 Most Adventurous Open Water Women by the World Open Water Swimming Association. The women are listed below, alphabetically by last name:

1. Patti Bauernfeind, marathon/channel/relay swimmer from the USA
2. Carina Bruwer, marathon/channel/charity event swimmer from South Africa
3. Charlotte Brynn, marathon/channel/ice swimmer and coach from New Zealand/USA
4. Jessie Campbell, ice/winter swimmer from Great Britain
5. Kimberley Chambers, marathon/channel/extreme/cross-border swimmer from New Zealand/USA
6. Devon Clifford, marathon/channel/open water swimmer from the USA
7. Jackie Cobell, channel/extreme/ice swimmer from Great Britain
8. Lorna Cochran, open water swimmer from South Africa
9. Olive Conroy, ice/winter swimmer from Ireland
10. Anna DeLozier, ice/winter swimmer from the USA
11. Beth French, channel swimmer from Great Britain
12. Elizabeth Fry, marathon/channel swimmer and event organizer from USA
13. Pat Gallant-Charette, channel/marathon swimmer from the USA
14. Pilar Geijo, professional marathon swimmer from Argentina
15. Ines Hahn, ice/winter/professional marathon swimmer from Germany
16. Jessi Harewicz, marathon/channel swimmer from Canada
17. Mariel Hawley Dávila, marathon/channel/cross-border swimmer from Mexico
18. Bárbara Hernández Huerta, winter/extreme swimmer from Chile
19. Bridgette Hobart, event organizer and marathon/channel swimmer from the USA
20. Elaine Howley, marathon/charity/ice swimmer and writer from the USA
21. Linda Kaiser, channel swimmer, advisor and administrator from the USA
22. Lori King, marathon/channel swimmer from the USA
23. Tita Llorens, marathon/channel swimmer from Spain
24. Marcy MacDonald, DPM, marathon/channel swimmer from the USA
25. Elina Makïnen, ice/winter swimmer from Finland
26. Angela Maurer, professional marathon swimmer and Olympian from Germany
27. Chloë McCardel, marathon/channel swimmer and coach from Australia
28. Tiffany McQueen, ocean/marathon swimmer from the USA
29. Sally Minty-Gravett, marathon/channel swimmer and coach from Great Britain (Jersey)
30. Jaimie Monahan, ice/winter/marathon/channel swimmer from the USA
31. Nuala Moore, marathon/ice swimmer, second, author and lecturer from Ireland
32. Victoria Mori, ice/winter/professional marathon swimmer from Argentina
33. Tina Neill, marathon/channel/backstroker/extreme relay swimmer from the USA
34. Anna-Carin Nordin, Oceans Seven/ice swimmer from Sweden
35. Renata Nováková, ice/winter swimmer from the Czech Republic
36. Magda Okurková, ice/winter swimmer from the Czech Republic
37. Penny Palfrey, channel/marathon/extreme swimmer from Australia
38. Ranie Pearce, marathon/channel swimmer from the USA
39. Cheryl Reinke, marathon swimmer from the USA
40. Charlotte Samuels, marathon/channel swimmer from the USA
41. Susan Simmons, marathon swimmer with Multiple Sclerosis from Canada
42. Kate Steels-Fryatt, polar ice miler and ice/winter swimmer from Great Britain
43. Sarah Thomas, marathon/extreme swimmer from the USA
44. Nora Toledano Cadena, marathon/channel/cross-border swimmer from Mexico
45. Natalie du Toit, professional marathon swimmer and Olympian from South Africa
46. Wendy Trehiou, marathon/channel swimmer from Great Britain (Jersey)
47. Wendy Van De Sompele, marathon swimmer and administrator from the USA
48. Samantha Whelpton, winter/ice swimmer from South Africa
49. Sabrina Wiedmer, ice/winter/marathon/channel swimmer from Switzerland
50. Julia Wittig, ice/winter swimmer from Germany

External links

• The History of Swimming 4 Long Days In SCAR
• 2017 World's 50 Most Adventurous Open Water Women
• Apolima Strait Swim
• Follow The Apolima Strait Swim Live Online
• 2016 SPMS Open Water Series Winners
• Shipp Fits The Bill: NEKOWSA Swimmer Of The Year
• U.S. Masters Swimming
• Steve Hodgins, Abigail Onos Win Willoughby
• World Open Water Swimming Association
• Open Water Swimming
• Daily News of Open Water Swimming
• Christie Ciraulo, Noah Garrett Earn Southern California Titles
• Watery Winter Wonderland In The Northeast Kingdom
• Open Water Swimming Can Offset The Amazon Effect
• The Clash Of The Titans At The Boston Light Swim
• SCAR Swim Challenge
• Stefan Reinke Outduels Serbo Simeoni On SCAR Day 1
• S.C.A.R. Is Like Night And Day
• Jamie Ann Phillips Forges Into Lead In Apache Lake
• Reinke Hangs On, Jamie Ann Phillips Swimming Strong
• As Night Falls, So Does Men's Record. Jamie Ann Phillips Leads Way With Stefan Reinke
• Sandra Frimerman-Bergquist Gets To End First